Judges 20:4

What does Judges 20:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 20:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, `Into Gibeah (which <FI>is<Fi> to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Answered: I came into Gabaa, of Benjamin, with my wife, and there I lodged:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Then the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came to Gibeah that [belongs] to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

Context

v.3(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?

v.4This passage

v.5And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 19:15

    And they turned aside thither, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge.

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